United Continental Holdings Inc., navigating a rough week a since a passenger was dragged off one of its regional flights, reported strong first-quarter profit in the three months before the incident.

The nation’s third-largest airline by traffic beat analyst expectations for the fifth consecutive quarter even as profit fell from the same period a year ago on higher fuel costs. United raised its forecast for unit revenue growth between April and June to between 1% and 3% year-over year, an improvement from the first...

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